Path Analysis for Binary Random Variables

Autor/inn/en	Raggi, Martina; Stanghellini, Elena; Doretti, Marco
Titel	Path Analysis for Binary Random Variables
Quelle	In: Sociological Methods & Research, 52 (2023) 4, S.1883-1915 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Raggi, Martina) ORCID (Stanghellini, Elena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-1241
DOI	10.1177/00491241211031260
Schlagwörter	Path Analysis; Student Attitudes; Museums; Error of Measurement; Foreign Countries; Graphs; Regression (Statistics); Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pfadanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Messfehler; Ausland; Grafische Darstellung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Italien
Abstract	The decomposition of the overall effect of a treatment into direct and indirect effects is here investigated with reference to a recursive system of binary random variables. We show how, for the single mediator context, the marginal effect measured on the log odds scale can be written as the sum of the indirect and direct effects plus a residual term that vanishes under some specific conditions. We then extend our definitions to situations involving multiple mediators and address research questions concerning the decomposition of the total effect when some mediators on the pathway from the treatment to the outcome are marginalized over. Connections to the counterfactual definitions of the effects are also made. Data coming from an encouragement design on students' attitude to visit museums in Florence, Italy, are reanalyzed. The estimates of the defined quantities are reported together with their standard errors to compute p values and form confidence intervals. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01